Common use of Safety Information for Parents Clause in Contracts

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/used on the school website. • The school website contains useful information and links to sites like CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, and the CBBC Web Stay Safe page. • The school will communicate relevant e-Safety information through newsletters and the school website. Parents should remember that it is important to promote e-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • Keep the computer in a communal area of the home. • Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies such as smart phones. • Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. • Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • Remind children never to give out personal information online. • Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised.

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • · Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • · Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/used on the school websitewebsite / ‘homeroom’ app. • · The school website contains useful information and links to sites like CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, and the CBBC Web Stay Safe page. • · The school will communicate relevant e-Safety information through newsletters and the school website. Parents should remember that it is important to promote e-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • · Keep the computer in a communal area of the home. • · Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies such as smart phones. • · Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • · Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • · Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. • · Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • · Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • · Remind children never to give out personal information online. • · Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • · Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • · Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised.

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/taken/ used on the school website. • The school website contains useful information and links to sites like - CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, Thinkuknow and the CBBC Web Stay Safe pageChildline pages. • The school will communicate relevant e-Safety information through newsletters and the school website. Parents should remember that it is important to promote e-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • Keep the computer computer/ device in a communal area of the home. • Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies devices such as smart phones. phones/ tablets • Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. • Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • Remind children never to give out personal information online. • Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised.

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/used on the school website. • The school website contains useful information and links to sites like CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, and the CBBC Web Stay Safe page. • The school will communicate relevant eE-Safety information through newsletters and the school website. Advice to Parents Parents should remember that it is important vital to promote eE-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • Keep the computer in a communal area of the home. • Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies such as smart phones. • Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. (See Appendix 1) • Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • Remind children never to give out personal information online. • Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised. • Be aware of age restrictions in relation to particular websites and games. These have been set for a reason and the content involved is not appropriate for younger children. For example, many social media sites and games allow online interaction between users – if a younger child is accessing these then other users may presume automatically that the child or young person is older. • Keep up to date. You can get helpful advice (including advice on how to set and manage parental controls on your devices from home) from a number of sites including: xxx.xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and xxx.xxxxx.xxx.xx.

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/used on the school website. • The school website contains useful information and links to sites like CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, and the CBBC Web Stay Safe page. • The school will communicate relevant e-Safety information through newsletters and the school website. Parents should remember that it is important to promote e-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • Keep the computer in a communal area of the home. • Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies such as smart phones. • Encourage children to talk about how they use mobile phones. Remind children not to give mobile numbers to strangers and people they do not know very well Talk about responsible use of text messaging/images etc. • Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. • Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • Remind children never to give out personal information online. • Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised. • Ensure that home computer systems have up-to date anti-virus software.

Safety Information for Parents. Carers • Parents/carers are asked to read through and sign the Acceptable Use Agreement on behalf of their child. • Parents/carers are required to make a decision as to whether they consent to images of their child being taken/used on the school website. • The school website contains useful information and links to sites like CEOP’s thinkuknow, Childline, and the CBBC Web Stay Safe page. • The school will communicate relevant e-Safety information through newsletters newsletters, Parent’s Information Board and the school website. Parents should remember that it is important to promote e-Safety in the home and to monitor Internet use. • Keep the computer in a communal area of the home. • Be aware that children have access to the internet via gaming stations and portable technologies such as smart phones. • Monitor on-line time and be aware of excessive hours spent on the Internet. • Take an interest in what children are doing. Discuss with the children what they are seeing and using on the Internet. • Advise children to take care and to use the Internet in a sensible and responsible manner. Know the SMART tips. • Discuss the fact that there are websites/social networking activities which are unsuitable. • Discuss how children should respond to unsuitable materials or requests. • Remind children never to give out personal information online. • Remind children that people on line may not be who they say they are. • Be vigilant. Ensure that children do not arrange to meet someone they meet on line. • Be aware that children may be using the Internet in places other than in their own home or at school and that this internet use may not be filtered or supervised.